Shoe-top protector.



H. W. LAMBERT.

SHOE TOP PROTECTOR. APPLIOAT-ION FILED APR.29,'-1912- RENEWED MAY 29,1014.

1,105,332, Patented July 28, 191 1 zded mmag 14 w. M.

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THE NORRIS PETE RS CO., PHOTO-LITHOA. IASHING'IOIVv D. C?

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. LAMBERT, 0F STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SI-IQE-TOP PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1912, Serial No. 693,838. Renewed May 29,1914. Serial No. 841,959.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. LAMBERT, acitizen of the United States, of S toughton, in the county of Norfolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and .usefulImprovements in Shoe-Top Protectors,

of which the following is a specification, ref

erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

This invention has reference to improvements in devices adapted to beapplied to shoes during the process of their construction to facilitatethe handling of the tops, to support and protect the upper edge of saidshoe tops and to indicate the number or size of theshoe top or theproposed size of the shoe.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient devicehaving one or more of said characteristics as shall hereinafter bedescribed.

The invention consists in such peculiar features of construction andcombination of parts as shall hereinafter be more fully described andpointed out in theclaims.

Figure 1 represents a view of the improved shoe top protector andsupport se cured to the top of a shoe-in process of con struction. Fig-2 represents an enlarged sectional view of the same taken on line 22Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a back view of the device, partially brokenaway. Fig. 4 represents a view in elevation of a modified form of thedevice.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout.

As shown in the drawings the improved shoe top protector is formed ofcompara-i tively stiff leather board or paper bent upon itself to formthe inner member 5 and. the outer member 6 having the notch 7 preferablyat the lower edge of said member 6. Rotatably mounted on said member 6.by means of the pivot 8 is the disk 9 having printed thereon numbersindicative of the size of the upper or of the intended size of the shoe,the location of said size members on said disk 9 being such that any oneof said numbers may be brought to view in the notch. Preferably theprotector device is provided with a clamp which has the clamping tongue10 bent from the slotted shank 11 which is held in frictional contactwith Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. per A, and the last B, a support for the shoe top whereby said top issustained, but in Fig. 4 Ihave shown the device as preferably used on anOxford or other low cut shoe. In either case the members 5 and 6 or 5and 6 are placed over the upper edge of the shoe top C and the clamp ispressed downward to slide into engagement with said members whereby theupper edge of the shoe top is Patented July 28,1914.

frictionally held between said members and is protected thereby fromcontact with the fingers of the operatives.

By the use of the size indicator disk 9 the size of the upper or theproposed size of the shoe is clearly indicated to the operatives withoutthe necessity of pulling open the top of the shoe.

Having thus described my invention I I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.

1. A shoe top protector having inner and outer members adapted toreceive between them the edge of a shoe upper or top, a stud secured toone of said members, and a clamp having a slotted shank slidably engagedwith a said stud.

2. A shoe top protector having inner and outer members adapted toreceive between them the edge of a shoe upper or top, and a sizeindicator movably mounted on said outer member.

3. A shoe top protector having integral in ner and outer members adaptedto receive between them the edge of a shoe top, said. outer memberhaving an opening, a disk rotatably mounted on said outer member back ofsaid opening and having size numbers, and a clamp for pressing saidmembers into frictional engagement with the shoe top therebetween,substantially as described.

HENRY W. LAMBERT.

Witnesses: V

' HENRY J. MILLER,

CHARLES F. BURTT.

Washington, D. G.

